by admin | Mar 10, 2015 | Educator, Grown Up
Last month at the Partnership for a Healthier America Building a Healthier Future Summit in Washington, DC, First Lady Michelle Obama announced an exciting new initiative. Using strategic social media and some big name celebrities for support, fruits and vegetables are about to become much more popular. Mrs. Obama is hoping to overpower the typical marketing of the unhealthy foods such as candy and junk food to kids, with a “fresher” take on fruits and vegetables, called FNV.
While Team FNV has not gone mainstream quite yet, The OrganWise Guys, (particularly Peri Stolic), are just thrilled about fruits and vegetables going center stage! Go ahead and get a head start by downloading this fun coloring sheet promoting the new, cool team FNV!
You can read more about this exciting initiative here. Stay tuned for further information ….
by admin | Mar 6, 2015 | Grown Up
Mealtime frown faces can be tough. The “picky eater” is the child with a short list of foods they will eat due to texture, taste, and visual preferences. Changing taste buds and appetites are a natural part of growing up, so don’t be alarmed when your child says every vegetable is “icky.” Not to be confused with more serious eating disorders, the picky eater will often eat enough but can fall into an unhealthy BMI for his/her age.
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by admin | Mar 4, 2015 | Educator, Grown Up
The month of March plays host to National Nutrition Month. To keep this observance fresh each year, the Academy of Nutriton and Dietetics comes up with a new theme promoting the adoption of healthy eating and physical activity habits – of which we know The OrganWise Guys are huge fans! This year the theme “Bite Into a Healthy Lifestyle” encourages everyone to make healthy food choices, along with getting regular exercise in order to prevent chronic disease, maintain a healthy weight and really just to obtain overall better health.
Here are a few easy ways to incorporate this theme into your household this month and throughout the year:
- Commit to breakfast – Start out with the most important meal of the day for increased awareness and less chance of over-indulging later on in the day. You can track your progress with this worksheet.
- Make healthy swaps – Find low-fat or alternative ingredients to swap out for healthier recipes. This doesn’t mean you have to lose taste, just lower calories and fat!
- Eat more family meals – There are so many benefits of eating together as a family. Click here to see some ideas on how to incorporate family bonding into your meal time.
- Add some spice – Use herbs and spices, or even citrus to add lots of flavor without compromising the nutritional value of the dish.
- Get up and move – Whether it be walking the dog, or taking the stairs at work, find ways throughout your day to move! It is vital to keep your energy equation balanced!
Click here for more information on National Nutrition Month and a helpful toolkit with additional resources on how to “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle.”
by admin | Mar 1, 2015 | Educator, Grown Up
We continue our series in which we are promoting healthy behaviors to be implemented and tracked for an entire month (and hopefully beyond). Last month we focused on eating low-fat foods so hopefully you were able to incorporate more healthy low-fat choices into your meals. The behavior to implement in March is to commit to eating a healthy breakfast all month long. You can download and print your March behavior tracking sheet and use in your home, classroom, or childcare center to encourage and track behavior change.
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by admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Grown Up
by Maria White
Last month, at two months post-baby, I decided it was time to start the journey back to fitness. I wanted to share it on our blog to help motivate others and to keep myself accountable. I will admit, knowing that I’m tracking my progress on here, did give me some extra motivation on some days! Since my first post, I am down 4 pounds. Removing the added baby weight is a goal, but as previously mentioned, my main priority is eating more nutritious foods and incorporating exercise back into my routine.
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